Comparative study of four candidate strategies to detect cervical cancer in different health care settings.

Aim: Considering the differing but potentially supplementary properties of visual inspection of the cervix with acetic acid (VIA) and the cytological examination (CYTO) of cervical smears for the screening of cervical cancers, we examined the performance of these two tests and their combinations for the screening of cervical cancer in different health care settings.

Methods: In this cross-sectional diagnostic test performance evaluation study of 4235 female subjects in the reproductive age group, we assessed the screening performance of four strategies: VIA alone, CYTO alone, VIA and CYTO combined in a parallel fashion, and VIA and CYTO combined in tandem. Subjects were recruited from three settings: Hospital, Urban Community and Rural Community.

Isolated tonsillar sarcoidosis: a case report.

Tonsillar sarcoidosis can be seen as a part of generalized sarcoidosis or in isolation. Typical non-caseating granulomas are seen in the biopsy. We present a case of isolated tonsillar sarcoidosis masquerading as chronic tonsillitis in a young female.

Benign stromal fragments in metastases of squamous cell carcinoma in cytology--a report of two cases.

Benign stromal fragments or extracellular matrix can be seen in aspirates of invasive carcinomas. Although well documented on histology, this feature is rarely observed on fine needle aspirates and can create diagnostic difficulties on smears. Only three such cases have been reported so far.

Fine needle capillary sampling of eyelid masses. A study of 70 cases.

Objective: To study the cytomorphology of eyelid tumors, correlate it with histopathology and determine the diagnostic accuracy of fine needle capillary (FNC) sampling (nonaspiration) in the evaluation of lid tumors.

Study Design: A prospective study of 70 cases of eyelid masses carried out using FNC, with confirmation by histology in 66 cases and peripheral blood smear and bone marrow examination in 3. Histology was not done in 1 case, and 11 cases were inadequate on cytology.

Kimura's disease. Diagnosis by aspiration cytology.

Objective: To characterize the cytologic features of Kimura's disease and distinguish the differentiating features from those of other conditions with similar cytologic findings.

Study Design: In eight cases of Kimura's disease the cytologic features were correlated with the histologic findings.

Results: The cytologic features included a polymorphous lymphoid population with an admixture of significant numbers of eosinophils, fragments of collagenous tissue, endothelial cells and occasional polykaryocytes.